Leafless undergrowth is the prevailing feature.
Country different-broken and stony, with thick shrubby undergrowth, at present absolutely leafless and charred by fire.
Conspecific trees showed asynchrony with respect to leaf-flush completion, initiation and completion of leaf-fall, and extent of leafless period.
The summer aspect is pale and parched because of the leafless trees and shrubs and a dried-up herb layer.
The leafless period was three times longer for understorey plants compared to gap plants, which suggests that they experience a substantially longer dry period.
Relationships between leafless period and leaf strategy index, wood density or saturation water content were examined across different species.
On the hills around, the forest is leafless and affords but little shade.
The leafless period for each species was calculated as the mean leafless duration of individuals.
